Sat-nav plan rubbished

Bin men issued with sat-nav? Get lost! That’s the reaction from refuse collectors at the City of York Council, where bosses have invested a total of £40,000 to install navigation devices in the authority’s 29-strong fleet of dumper trucks.

The council has come under fire for wasting taxpayers’ money – as the vehicles follow the same simple routes every week. But Auto Express has discovered it’s the sat-nav’s tracking ability that the local authority is interested in. A council spokeswoman admitted: “The system records routes taken, and enables the supervisor to direct vehicles to jobs, such as missed collections.”